Ep#5: 1959 Timeline Twist & The Bouncing Ball Killer

12/27/2023: On today's episode, Valerie's 1959 Timeline Twist covers Astronaut Group One and the surprisingly racy top five grossing films of 1959, and Amy Jo covers the unsolved murder of Ruth Gwinn and the murders leading to the search for The Bouncing Ball Killer.

Cover Photo: Bouncing Ball Killer Police Sketch

1. Astronaut Group One

2. Far Side of the Moon

3. Original Mini Car

4. Caspian Tiger

5. Guggenheim Museum (Interior)

6. Barbie Advertisement

7. Mid-Century Pink Kitchen

8. Pixels.com Baby

9. Los Angeles Vintage Postcard

10. Bouncy Ball Toy

11. Chief Inspector, Ernst Gennat, Berlin Police

12. Punch and Judy characters, Sydney, 1940

13. Serial Killer, Henry Busch

Sources/Photo Sources

Timeline Twist Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_in_country_music

https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/blog/353-2/

https://www.rd.com/list/the-most-popular-car-the-year-you-were-born/#:~:text=1959%3A%20Cadillac%20Coupe%20de%20Ville

https://feminist.org/resources/feminist-chronicles/the-feminist-chronicles-2/part-ii-1959/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_in_animation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Seven#:~:text=They%20are%20also%20referred%20to,Alan%20Shepard%2C%20and%20Deke%20Slayton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_(Mark_I)#:~:text=The%20Mark%20I%20Mini%20(1959,in%20Australia%20continuing%20until%201970.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_tiger

https://magazine.artland.com/minimalism/#:~:text=The%20Minimalism%20art%20movement%20is,manifest%20itself%20in%20minimalist%20art.

https://lamag.com/lahistory/erik-tarloff-blacklist-detroit-street

https://lamag.com/lahistory/erik-tarloff-blacklist-detroit-street

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1959_in_Los_Angeles

https://holcombks.municipalone.com/pview.aspx?id=56085&catid=922

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holcomb,_Kansas

Timeline Twist Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Seven#/media/File:The_Mercury_7_(15258556433).jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side_of_the_Moon#/media/File:Far_side_of_the_Moon.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_(Mark_I)#/media/File:Mini_Original_1959.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_tiger#/media/File:Panthera_tigris_virgata.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum#/media/File:Guggenheim_flw_show.jpg

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-press-democrat-barbie-ad-1959/15460906/

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/brief-history-of-1950s-1960s-kitchens-247463

https://pixels.com/featured/1-1960s-baby-boy-wearing-coonskin-cap-vintage-images.html

The Bouncing Ball Killer Sources:

https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2019/09/15/serial-killer-not-coined-by-fbi-in-1970s/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(novel) 

ps://www.newspapers.com/article/news-pilot-woman-dies-after-attack/104418953/

https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?user=11912943&id=380918206&clippingId=104419859&width=820&height=1824&crop=150_186_1188_2643&rotation=0 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjk745/ai-police-sketches 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmq-TAK9NcY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW7yFQFptUI&vl=en

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW7yFQFptUI&vl=en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_Ball_Killer

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e159-the-bouncing-ball-killer/id1400426755?i=1000563959255 

https://www.ourweekly.com/2014/09/25/african-american-serial-killers/

https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=mjrl

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/memory-mind-and-media/article/composite-communication-how-dissemination-of-facial-composites-in-the-media-affects-police-investigations/96123F9AD9EAC666FAFF8A265CA9A9A5

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-generative-ai-bias/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acp.3655

https://planning.lacity.org/odocument/7db8747f-87fb-4c6f-bb95-5482be050683/SurveyLA_AfricanAmericanHCS_05242019.pdf

The Bouncing Ball Killer Photo Sources:

https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2019/09/15/serial-killer-not-coined-by-fbi-in-1970s/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_Ball_Killer#/media/File:RubberBallKiller.png

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1542982308/vintage-rubber-ball-red-white-and-green

https://www.ebay.com/itm/294390995748

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Busch_%28serial_killer%29#/media/File:Henry_Busch.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_and_Judy#/media/File:Punch_and_Judy_1940_V1-FL9618977.jpg